Improvement in ticket-envelopes



J. H. C ULVERL TICKET ENVELOPES.

NO. 194,076. "Patgnted Aug. 14,1877- \Vit nesses Inventor v N. PETERS.PHDTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. n 0,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. CULVER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TlCKET-ENVELOPES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 1,076, dated August14, 1877; application filed June 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES H. CULVER, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, and State of California, have invented an ImprovedTicket-Envelope; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a ticket or-card venvelope which is soconstructed that one entire side forms a flap or leaf, while theopposite side forms an open-faced ticket or card holder, so that theflap or leaf can be opened to expose the face of a ticket or cardcontained in the ticket or card holder, the object of which is to permitthe ticket or card to be inspected or.exhibited by the owner of theticket or card without removing it from the envelope or disturbing itsposition.

To make my envelope I take a piece of card-board or other stiff piece ofpaper, or other suitable material, and out it out to the proper shape,as follows, reference being had I to the accompanying drawings:

One half of the envelope (marked Alforms the ticket or card holder,while the other half, B, forms the flap or cover. The part B is intendedto fold over the part A, and can either bean extension of one end or ofone side, as desired. In the present instance I have represented it asan end extension.

The part A, I make a little larger than the part B, and I cut it alittle wider on each side, in order to form it into a ticket or cardholder.

(I then cut a notch, C, (shown at Fig. 1,) out of each corner of thepart A at the end opposite the flap B, and fold the end extension Fbetween these notches over toward the closed side of the envelope.Afterward I fold the side extensions G over on the same side, asrepresented at Fig. 2, thus forming a folded-down edge, extending aroundtwo sides and one end of the part A, under which the edges of the ticketorpard can he slipped from the open side, thus securing it in theenvelope with its uppermost face entirely exposed. I then cut out anotch, E, from each outer corner of the flap or leaf B, so that theportion between the notches will pass between the folded side edges ofthe part A, and slip in under the turned-down piece, which extendsacross the end of the piece A. This not only forms a fastening for theflap, but locks the side and end folds down. I thus provide a cheap andsimple ticket-envelope, which will be very convenient, as the holder ofthe ticket need never remove itfrom the envelope. He can exhibit it to adoor-keeper by simply raising the flap or leaf so as to expose the faceof the card or ticket, thus preserving the ticket in a clean and neatcondition.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, isi The Within-described ticket-envelope, consisting ofthe part A, having the side flaps G, folded over the notchedextension-flap F, and

the notched flap B, secured under the extension-fiap F, as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

J, H. CULVER. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

JOHN L. BOONE, OLWYN 'I. STACY.

